From 830ea466257fecf2aa71a4727f6e09c557ca9f51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: n00mkrad <61149547+n00mkrad@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2025 15:20:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Don't attempt HW encoder check if ffmpeg not found

---
 CodeLegacy/Media/FfmpegCommands.cs | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CodeLegacy/Media/FfmpegCommands.cs b/CodeLegacy/Media/FfmpegCommands.cs
index 0b5e230..a22dce3 100644
--- a/CodeLegacy/Media/FfmpegCommands.cs
+++ b/CodeLegacy/Media/FfmpegCommands.cs
@@ -405,6 +405,12 @@ namespace Flowframes
 
         public static async Task<bool> IsEncoderCompatible(string enc)
         {
+            if (!File.Exists(Path.Combine(AvProcess.GetAvDir(), "ffmpeg.exe")))
+            {
+                Logger.Log($"Can't check encoder '{enc}', ffmpeg not found!", true, false, "ffmpeg");
+                return false;
+            }
+
             Logger.Log($"Running ffmpeg to check if encoder '{enc}' is available...", true, false, "ffmpeg");
             string args = $"-loglevel error -f lavfi -i color=black:s=1920x1080 -vframes 1 -c:v {enc} -f null -";
             string output = await RunFfmpeg(args, LogMode.Hidden);